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Arsenal Transfer Target Rodrygo has already explained why he rejected an offer from Liverpool before. Both Gunners and the Red are reportedly anxious to sign Real Madrid this summer.

After Luis Diaz’s latest move to Bayern Munich, the Premier League champions could be on the market for a left edge. Real Madrid’s Rodrygo has been consistently linked to a transition to the Premier League in recent months due to Brazilians reported frustrations last season, when his role in the team, despite making 50 performances, decreased through the arrival of Kylian Mbappe. Xabi Alonso, who takes over as manager this summer, has further pushed doubts about his future, with his limited participation in the club’s World Cup, which indicates that he was not a priority for the Spanish boss. The Guardian recently reported that Arsenal, along with the rivals Liverpool and Manchester City, keeps a close eye on the situation and is ready to act if the tensions escalatees further in the coming weeks.

Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague has now provided a new update and says that City has withdrawn from the race about Rodrygo because Savinho stopped, giving Arsenal and Liverpool an extra boost if they hope to secure the 24-year-old.

It would not highlight Liverpool’s first attempt to secure their services. In 2017, twelve months before Rodry’s transfer to Santiago Bernabeu, Red’s head of Jurgen launched a huge effort to bring the wing to Anfield. According to the player’s agent, Klopp even went aboard a plane to meet the teenage sensation face to face.

But Rodrygo stumbled Liverpool to stay with his beloved Santos and try to establish himself in their older squad, which he managed to achieve the following year. Rodryo, who reflected on the failed move later, explained: “We didn’t close the deal because I didn’t want to. I wanted to stay at Santos even though the offer was very good.

“The path they promised me would also have been very good for my career. I would finish my studies in England to prepare myself for European football. It had always been my dream to play in Europe.

“Everything was very good, but my wish spoke higher. I wanted to stay at Santos and do some history at the club. And that was what happened: I could fulfill my dream to play for Santos. But that’s true, I almost went to Liverpool.”

Rodry’s representative, Nick Arcuri, told Canal Do Nicola 2020: “When Rodrygo went to sign his first professional contract with Santos, 16, a Liverpool director called me that Klopp already knew the player, had seen the material, had already come to see Rodryo in person.

“He had gone on youtube, search ‘talents from Brazil’. Rodrygo had appealed and he was very young. He (Klopp) Came to Brazil, and like heaven. Office in London. In Brought the Proposal to Modesto (Roma Junior), then President of Santos. Modesto did not accept.

“It turned out that Santos did not want to sell Rodrygo and instead made the first professional contract. But it was Rodrygo’s first official proposal, he was 16 years old and it was Liverpool.”

Merseysiders would have to invest significant money to land Rodrygo now, with the Brazilian international under contract at Bernabeu until 2028.

While Real Madrid has recently seemed to retain Rodrygo, their hunt for Arsenal defender William Saliba has reportedly led them to propose a fantastic swap agreement. The Northern London page is eager to strengthen its broad alternatives, and Marca claims that Los Blancos tried to attract them with such a deal, after considering movements for Saliba either next summer or when his contract expires in 2027.

However, this bid was quickly rejected by the shooters. It is believed that the center -back is satisfied in the capital and is not entertaining a transfer right now. At the moment, Rodrygo – which was valued at £ 86 million earlier in the summer – remains at Alonsos when the club’s La Liga season will get started against Osasuna on Tuesday evening.